"Lover At Last" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ward, J.R.)

In museum-like houses that gave him the creeps more than any dark underpass downtown.

A tap on his forearm brought his head around. тАЬYeah?тАЭ

I was going to ask you the same thing.

тАЬHuh?тАЭ

You stopped here. And have just been staring atтАжwell, you know.

Qhuinn frowned and glanced at the product display. Then lost all train of thoughtтАФas well as most of the blood from his head. тАЬOh, yeahтАжahтАжтАЭ Shit, had someone turned up the heat? тАЬUm.тАЭ

Baby bottles. Baby formula. Baby bibs and wet naps and Q-tips. Pacifiers. Bottles. Some kind of contraptionтАФ

Oh, God, a breast pump.

Qhuinn did a one-eighty so fast, he got faced by a six-foot-high stack of Pampers, bounced back into the land of NUKs, and finally ricocheted out of infant airspace thanks to an A+D rebound. What ever the hell that shit was.

Baby. Baby. BabyтАФ

Oh, good. HeтАЩd made it up to the checkout counter.

Shoving a hand into his biker jacket, Qhuinn pulled his wallet free and reached behind for JohnтАЩs finger food. тАЬGimme your stuff.тАЭ

As the guy started to argue, mouthing the words because his hands were full, Qhuinn snagged the Mountain Dew and Doritos that were clogging up communication.

тАЬThere ya go. While heтАЩs ringing us up, you can yell at me properly.тАЭ

And what do you know, JohnтАЩs hands flew through the positions of ASL in various I-got-this combinations.

тАЬIs he deaf?тАЭ the guy behind the cash register asked in a stage whisper. As if someone using American Sign Language was some kind of freak.

тАЬNo. Blind.тАЭ

тАЬOh.тАЭ

As the man kept staring, Qhuinn wanted to pop him. тАЬYou going to help us out here or what?тАЭ

тАЬOhтАжyeah. Hey, you got a tattoo on your face.тАЭ Mr. Observant moved slowly, like the bar codes on those bags were creating some kind of wind resistance under his laser reader. тАЬDid you know that?тАЭ

Really. тАЬI wouldnтАЩt know.тАЭ

тАЬAre you blind, too?тАЭ

No filter on this guy. None. тАЬYeah, I am.тАЭ

тАЬOh, so thatтАЩs why your eyes are all weird.тАЭ

тАЬYeah. ThatтАЩs right.тАЭ